Upcoming superpower: 4 European nations back India's bid for permanent UNSC seat

India's bid for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council has won collective support from four Central European countries, adding fresh diplomatic weight to decades-old demand for reform of the global body.Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic -- the four members of the Visegrad Group -- voiced their support for India during the first V4-India meeting held on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly in New York."We all agree as V4 countries that India as a part of the Global South, upcoming superpower in the Indo-Pacific region, must be at the table as the permanent member of the UN Security Council," Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar said after meeting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.WHY INDIA WANTS PERMANENT SEAT AT UNSCThe argument behind India's campaign is straightforward: the world has changed since the Security Council was created, but its permanent membership has not.